Don’t Let a Straying Believer Perish (continued)
"But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer. Truly I say to you, whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst."A. As a Gentile and a tax-gatherer. Individuals who were considered as not being a part of the congregation of Israel with the benefit of fellowship.
B. If two of you agree. This statement pertains to individuals coming together to make a judgment, as to whether something is to be permitted or forbidden.
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